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The emotional passage of time is always a good thing. I wouldn't want to do a 250-year jump again, but I like in the second book where emotionally Kovacs is at due to what's happened to him in the interim

Laeta Kalogridis

“Part of what I love about the books is the degree to which they hold up a mirror to the idea of faster-than-light travel by entangled consciousness downloading.”

She continued to Entertainment Weekly: “That's what needle-casting would be; you're re-creating a consciousness far faster than the speed of light on another planet — and that's just too cool not to do something with.”

Laeta also revealed that she would not rule out the 30-year time jump featured in the second book.

She continued: “I'm not ruling that out, especially in a world where you can clone people or 3D print people.

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“The emotional passage of time is always a good thing. I wouldn't want to do a 250-year jump again, but I like in the second book where emotionally Kovacs is at due to what's happened to him in the interim.”

Fans know that Takeshi Kovacs actor Joel Kinnaman will not return for a second series, due to re-sleeving and because he has signed up to film Amazon’s new series Hanna.

Laeta added: “My first thought is that we want to do something surprising with the second season that is not in the same place with the same people. I think the universe of these books gives you more latitude.

“This is a world that allows you to ‘never say never’. Richard and I have a plan. I don't know how people will feel about the plan, but we do have one!”

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Altered Carbon season 2: Show boss Laeta Kalogridis

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